Silvio Carta Vernacchia "Valle del Tirso" washington red cherry

red cherry

WINEMAKING | Traditional vinification and elevage

Picked below 22 brix

David Gleave

" Chateau Le Puy has been in continuous operation by the Amoreau family since 1610

Silvio Carta Vernacchia "Valle del Tirso" washington red cherry"The Carta family has been making (and storing) wine in the sleepy coastal town of Oristano for generations. The local grape is Vernaccia (though not the one from Gimignano). The vine was possibly introduced by the Phoenicians, or it was cultivated from wild vines of the Tirso Valley. The style is oxidative, but no Englishman created or discovered this wine (as happened in Marsala). And maybe thats a shame, because these wines deserve to be better